5.1. SR 03-08-2010Item # 5.1.
MEMORANDUM
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The Park Tmprovernent Fund has Orono Park softball complex scheduled for re-lamping in
201 ~ at a cost of $~ 5,000. Due to the lift Muck and labors costs, the most cost effective
method of lamp replacement is to replace all of the lamps at once. The lamps typical life
expectancy is ~ 0 years and they are now 1 ~ years old.
The primary use of Orono Park softball fields is for adult softball. ~n 2004, when the Parl~s
and Recreation Department was established, the Ells River Softball Association was running
the softball leagues at Drano Park. Since that time, the Softball Association has disbanded
and the leagues have been managed by the Parks and Recreation Department. when the
Association disbanded they turned aver the balance of their funds x$13,000} to the city for
field improvements. These funds are scheduled to be used in 2010 fox needed replacement
of the roofs on all of the structures at the mono Complex and 1~uss Field,
Staff has researched retrofitting the lights with high efficiency fixtures, however, the cost
would be X200,000 and the payback on investment is aver twenty years.
Based on available funding, staffs recommendation is to re-lamp the arono Softball
Complex at a cost of $15,000 in 2011 as scheduled. Staff is unaware of any complaints from
league participants regarding the current lights.